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{{Short description|Mountain in Quebec, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mont Jacques-Cartier
| photo = Mont Jacques-Cartier.JPG
| photo_caption = Trail leading to the summit of the mountain.
| elevation_m = 1268
| elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=158|name=Mont Jacques-Cartier|accessdate=2009-03-18}}</ref>
| prominence = 1085
| map = Canada Quebec
| map_caption = Location in Quebec
| map_size = 200
| label_position = left
| listing = {{unbulleted list
|[[List of the most isolated major summits of North America|North America isolated peaks]] 47th
|[[List of most isolated mountain peaks of Canada|Canada most isolated peaks]] 16th
|[[Quebec 1000 meter peaks]]
}}
| location = [[Mont-Albert, Quebec]], [[Canada]]
| range = [[Chic-Choc Mountains]]
| coordinates = {{coord|48|59|26|N|65|56|33|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=bivouac/>
| topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|22|A|13}}
| type = 
| age = 
| last_eruption = 
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = hiking
}}

'''Mount Jacques-Cartier''' ({{langx|fr|Mont Jacques-Cartier}}, {{IPA|fr|mɔ̃ ʒak kaʁtje|pron}}) is a [[mountain]] in the [[Chic-Choc Mountains]] range in eastern [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. At {{convert|1268|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, it is the tallest mountain in southern Quebec, and the highest mountain in the [[Canadian Appalachians]]. The mountain is named after [[Jacques Cartier]], the French maritime explorer of North America.

Located in the [[Gaspé Peninsula]], the mountain is protected within a Quebec provincial park called [[Gaspésie National Park]], and is host to the last remaining population of [[reindeer|woodland caribou]] south of the [[Saint Lawrence River]]. The summit can be accessed by a hiking trail.

== References ==
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{{Mountains of Quebec}}

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[[Category:Landforms of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine|Mont Jacques]]
[[Category:One-thousanders of Quebec]]
[[Category:Notre Dame Mountains]]

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